• DocumentCode
    1115973
  • Title

    Undersea fiber optic cable communications system of the future: Operational, reliability, and systems considerations

  • Author

    Paul, D.K. ; Greene, Kenneth H. ; Koepf, Gerhard A.

  • Author_Institution
    COMSAT Laboratories, Clarksburg, MD, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    8/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    414
  • Lastpage
    425
  • Abstract
    The systems and operational requirements, reliability, and cost estimates for several undersea fiber optic cable communications systems of varying capacities, data transmission rates, and link distances are analyzed in detail to highlight relevant design tradeoff parameters. It is shown that systems with a high data rate per fiber are more economical and reliable than low data rate systems with multiple fibers. This study concludes that undersea optic cable systems can soon provide reliable broad-band digital services.
  • Keywords
    Underwater optical fiber systems; Coaxial cables; Communication cables; Costs; Laboratories; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Power system reliability; Repeaters; Underwater cables;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.1984.1073638
  • Filename
    1073638